Three days later  he jumped before he could be pushed  on the eve of the second session of church-sponsored reconciliation talks with Ravalomanana  Rajoelina and the elderly former Presidents Didier Ratsiraka and Albert Zafy...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 53 No 18 | 
            - MADAGASCAR
	     Ex-President Albert Zafy  a political ally of Randriamiarisoa  believes his suspicions about his successor’s activities are confirmed in a 2010 video by Global Witness and the Environmental Investigation Agency  which shows Chinese rosewood traders boasting of their direct relations with Rajoelina...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Maurice Beranto  an advisor to the Prime Minister and leader of the Rassemblement des démocrates de Madagascar  accuses some colleagues from former President Albert Zafy’s group  who are supposed to support Omer Beriziky as Premier  of obstructing him...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 53 No 14 | 
            - MADAGASCAR
	       • Albert Zafy  85  born at Ambilobe in Diego Suarez Province  was President in 1993-1996...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	      Former President Albert Zafy (1993-96)  who belongs to the same political movement as Randriamiarisoa  has accused Rajoelina of involvement in the trade on the basis of a video released in 2010 by non-governmental organisation Global Witness and the Environmental Investigation Agency...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 52 No 19 | 
            - MADAGASCAR
	     Eight of them endorsed it this year but the political movements led by Ravalomanana and two other ex-presidents  Albert Zafy and Didier Ratsiraka  rejected it because it denied exiles the right to go home in time to participate in the elections...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Foreign aid is declining  as donors withhold the release of funds in an effort to nudge Rajoelina towards a compromise with his deposed predecessor  President Marc Ravalomanana  and the latter’s nominal allies  the veteran ex-Presidents Albert Zafy and Didier Ratsiraka...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 4 (AAC) No 4 | 
            - MADAGASCAR
- CHINA
	     Rajoelina is pressuring his rivals  including former Presidents Marc Ravalomanana  Albert Zafy and Didier Ratsiraka  into accepting the presidential elections that the regime plans for mid-year...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 4 (AAC) No 1 | 
            - MADAGASCAR
	      Madagascar’s former Presidents Marc Ravalomanana (2002-2009)  Didier Ratsiraka (aka the Red Admiral  1975-1993 and 1997-2002) and Albert Zafy (1993-2006) denounced Rajeolina’s announcements as electioneering ahead of the referendum  which they are boycotting...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 51 No 11 | 
            - MADAGASCAR
	     Former Presidents Albert Zafy  Didier Ratsiraka and Marc Ravalomanana  who have now formed a common front  the Madagasikara alliance  have rejected Rajoelina’s unilateral strategy...